Radio presenter Jackie ‘O’ Henderson takes the day off work after announcing she has Covid – but is expected to ‘recover well’
She soldiered through Wednesday’s Kyle and Jackie O Show despite testing positive for Covid-19.
But radio queen Jackie ‘O’ Henderson took the day off on Thursday to rest up, leaving her co-host Kyle Sandilands to handle presenting duties alone.
Kyle, 50, anchored the show solo with assistance from executive producer Sonia ‘Palestine’ Jahshan and senior producer Pedro Vitola.
Recovery mode: Radio queen Jackie ‘O’ Henderson (right) took the day off on Thursday to rest up, leaving her co-host Kyle Sandilands to handle presenting duties alone. Jackie and her daughter Kitty (left) are recovering from Covid at home after testing positive earlier this week
Jackie, 47, ‘will be fine’ and is expected to ‘recover well’, her manager said.
She had confirmed her diagnosis shortly after 6am on Wednesday’s show, saying she’d caught the virus from her 11-year-old daughter Kitty.
Despite sounding a little croaky, she was well enough to broadcast from home.
Getting better: Jackie, 47, ‘will be fine’ and is expected to ‘recover well’, her manager said
She explained coronavirus was ‘rampant’ in her daughter’s school, so it was only a matter of time before she ‘joined the Covid club’.
The mother of one descried her symptoms as ‘somewhere between the flu and a cold’.
Jackie had been in the KIIS FM studio in Sydney on Monday when her co-host Kyle Sandilands and his fiancée Tegan Kynaston announced they were expecting a child.
‘Running rampant’: She caught the virus from her 11-year-old daughter Kitty (left)
However, there is no suggestion either of them is at risk. Kyle and other staffers present on Monday were in the studio on Wednesday and didn’t seem worried.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted KIIS FM, Jackie’s representative and Kyle’s manager for comment.
It comes two days after Kyle, 50, and Tegan, 36, confirmed their baby news live on air.
Baby joy: Jackie had been in the KIIS FM studio on Monday when her co-host Kyle Sandilands (left) and his fiancée Tegan Kynaston (centre) announced they were expecting a child
The couple don’t yet know the sex of the baby, which is due is August, but have already decided on boy’s and girl’s names.
‘We’re having a baby!’ Kyle declared as the entire KIIS FM studio cheered.
He added that he was hoping for ‘either a girl… or a little gay son’, before praising his partner’s ‘beautiful, big, meaty t***ies’ since becoming pregnant.
No worries: However, there is no suggestion either of them is at risk. Kyle and other staffers present on Monday were in the studio on Wednesday and didn’t seem worried
Jackie said she was ‘so happy’ for the pair and told them their lives were about to change forever.
The couple, who got engaged in Port Douglas over the Christmas holidays, learned Tegan was expecting last week.
She is three months pregnant.
Happy news: After the couple announced Tegan’s pregnancy on Monday, Jackie said she was ‘so happy’ and told them their lives were about to change forever
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